Diarmuid Johnson is a poet, novelist and flute player. Of his collection Rún na mBradán, critic David Wheatley says: ‘these poems cross centuries and cultures with the breeziness of Frank O’Hara jaywalking’. Celia de Fréine is the author of the acclaimed Fiacha Fola; her latest collection is cuir amach seo dom : riddle me this. Awarding Paddy Bushe the 2017 Irish Times Poetry Now Award, the judges praised the ‘clarity, honesty and integrity’ of his work. Poetry Ireland Review has praised the manner in which Philip Cummings ‘combines themes from Irish history and Gaelic culture with modern-day social commentary, often ironic or acerbic, in a way that is innovative and refreshing’. Tonight we will also be joined by acclaimed traditional singer Máire Ní Choilm. The fear an tí is Cathal Póirtéir.